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IL- Illinois cracks down on sexting, applies law to all nude images

Posted on May 26, 2009
5-26-2009 Illinois:Despite moves in Vermont to decriminalize sexting among teens, Illinois has gone in the other direction and passed a law that specifically make passing on mobile pictures illegal.House Bill 2537 makes it a criminal offense to sell or distribute a videotape or nude image of another person without written consent and with the intent to damage a person?s reputation...

Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible

Posted on May 26, 2009
5-26-2009 Global:The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly called DSM, is getting an update. Now experts must decide what is a disorder and what falls in the range of normal human behavior.Is the compulsion to hoard things a mental disorder? How about the practice of eating excessively at night? And what of Internet addiction: Should it be diagnosed and treated?As the

MI- Teen sex convict to remain in custody

Posted on May 26, 2009
Apparently mom thinks only STRANGERS will commit sex offenses, mom needs to wake up and teach her children differently as the majority of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the victim. i.e., friend, neighbor, acquaintance etc. I wonder what kind of assault this was, touching or something further which would help understand why the prosecutor went full tilt with 1st degree charges...

Prof: Kids 'sexting' isn't new behavior

Posted on May 26, 2009
5-26-2009 Global:OTTAWA, May 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian social sciences professor says the uproar over youth sending sexually charged text messages, or "sexting," is overblown.Speaking at the international Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences this week at Ottawa's Carleton University, Dr...

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LA- Jindal administration scraps key sex offender bill

Posted on May 26, 2009
5-26-2009 Louisiana:Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration scrapped the centerpiece of his sex offender proposals on Tuesday after deciding the post-prison "civil commitment" program would be too expensive, a health department spokeswoman said.Lauren Mendes, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Hospitals, said the proposal was dead for the current legislative session...

Bill in Congress - S-1047

Posted on May 26, 2009
5-26-2009 National:`School And Family Education about the Internet Act of 2009' or the `SAFE Internet Act'Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] Introduced 5/14/2009 Bill: S-1047 Se. Mendendez's Press Release on this bill: "KEEPING CHILDREN AND TEENS SAFE ONLINE: SEN...

Memorial Day 2009 - A Tribute

Posted on May 25, 2009
One thought, why didn't we bring them home?

CA- Elementary school students suspended for kill list and sexual threats

Posted on May 25, 2009
Clearly the sexual issues are the result of all the political hate speeches about former now registered sex offenders, and real sex offenders who are committing crimes today. This is what political speeches are teaching to today's youth (esp. children of RSOs who not only hear it but also live it)...

Cat Thoughts --- You Will Laugh...

Posted on May 25, 2009
'But You Said You Loved Me!' 'You will pay, as God is my witness, you will pay.''You call this water warm???''I don't think I like you anymore..''You Lied !!!!!!''E.T. Phone home......quick!''No, I'm not your Good Little Kitty anymore.''Traction.....I'm losing Traction!''I want my Mommmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!''No, no, no, no...

MI- Are savings from freeing felons worth risk to safety?

Posted on May 24, 2009
5-24-2009 Michigan:Some fear more crime; state assures safetyA nearly 30-year-old Michigan prison policy -- roughly characterized as: "When in doubt, lock 'em up" -- is ending.In the midst of -- and partly in response to -- the economic crisis, many of the state's expensive prison cells are being emptied...

VT- Ex-con's magazine focuses on advocacy, prison life

Posted on May 24, 2009
5-24-2009 Vermont:WEST BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) ? To prison inmates, he's a jailhouse lawyer made good.To wardens, he's a thorn in the side.To prison advocates, Paul Wright is a success story: Once a killer, then a prisoner, now a journalist with a cause...

The DNA Debacle: How the Federal Government Botched the DNA Backlog Crisis

Posted on May 24, 2009
DNA samples are being taken from many more folks than there was in the past, these samples are included in the numbers of those awaiting analysis.5-24-2009 National:Kellie Greene spent three years living in fear, waiting for police to catch the stranger who raped her...

Murder and Rape DNA Test Backlog Hits 350,000

Posted on May 24, 2009
While they claim just murder & rape I strongly suspect this includes all kinds of crime scene evidence from all kinds of crimes. Further, these numbers seem to support a need for legislation (HR-2462 `Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act') I would still be against HR-2462 because of the Golden Egg methods it wants to follow...

United Way makes huge cuts to agencies

Posted on May 24, 2009
This is a major hit to agencies that provide services to many homeless folks and in some places that includes sex offenders. It is the agency that makes the decision on whether or not to provide the service to sex offenders not United Way.5-24-2009 National:The United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, struggling with declining numbers of donors, has offset its losses this year with some huge cuts to

Pornographic videos flood YouTube

Posted on May 24, 2009
5-24-2009 Global:Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.The material was uploaded under names of famous teenage celebrities such as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers...

NC- Deputies Charge Sex Offender; Had Social Networking Web Site

Posted on May 23, 2009
5-23-2009 North Carolina:Deputies have charged a registered sex offender with more charges after authorities discovered he had an account on a social networking web site.Christopher Rossio was arrested on two counts of 3rd degree sexual exploitation of a minor...

CA- Failed hard drive becomes issue in predator sting case

Posted on May 23, 2009
When you need a comvenience store you can never find one, but you can always create one. We will be following this very interesting case.5-21-2009 California A Sonoma County judge wants additional testimony from a prosecution witness in the case against an East Bay oncologist arrested in a televised ?online sex-predator? sting three years ago in Petaluma...

MI- Former Cedar Springs soccer coach asks for forgiveness, but judge denies request for more lenient sentence in Internet sex sting case

Posted on May 23, 2009
5-21-2009 Michigan: (Phase-I)GRAND RAPIDS -- A 21-year-old former junior varsity boys soccer coach at Cedar Springs Schools today was sentenced to six months in jail and another six months on a tether after he was caught in an Internet sex predator sting...

TN- County Debates Sex Offenders On School Property

Posted on May 23, 2009
How do you spell "contempt of court," right provide the grounds for a lawsuit, real smart.5-23-2009 Tennessee:ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. - A state law states that a convicted sex offender is able to visit their child's school. The Cheatham County School board met Thursday to discuss how they can follow the state law and keep the students in the district safe...

NC- New law prohibits sex offenders from living near college campuses

Posted on May 23, 2009
Collectively this spells STUPID, is there a full brain in this legislature? A RSO can attend the college but cannot live within 2,000 feet, and already none live nearer than 2 miles away. Someone is on drugs or no one can be reading what is put before them, there can't be this many blunder-heads in one place, much less all got elected...

TX- Convict to return to prison for jailhouse romance

Posted on May 23, 2009
5-23-2009 Texas:FORT WORTH ? Just two years after being released from prison, Wesley Wayne Miller, convicted of the 1982 murder of a high school cheerleader, is returning to a state lockup.Miller, 46, violated the terms of his civil commitment three times, including having a romantic relationship with a 21-year-old female jailer at the Cold Springs Jail last year...

S.C. blocked from filing charges against Craigslist executives

Posted on May 23, 2009
Hummm, well if the AG is going to sue the Craigs' List execs for aiding and abetting prostitution, if there were any cases, it also seems fair that EVERY STATE AG should also be so sued, as they did nothing about Craigs list from its inception. Right?5-23-2009 National:COLUMBIA, S...

IA- New sex offender restrictions signed into law by Culver

Posted on May 23, 2009
5-23-2009 Iowa:Revised restrictions on convicted sex offenders were signed into law today by Gov. Chet Culver, under a bill that several key law enforcement officials said will better protect Iowans.?This bill is going to give us the tools to make Iowa a little bit safer and all of our kids a little bit better off,? said Louisa County Sheriff Curt Braby, who is also president of the Iowa State

Gohmert Grills US Attorney General Eric Holder on National Security, Hate Crimes

Posted on May 21, 2009
Only the first 5 minutes on Hate Crimes:

NC- Bill would further define limits for sex offenders

Posted on May 21, 2009
5-21-2009 North Carolina:Chapel Hill, N.C. ? Registered sex offenders could be banned from more places under a bill in the General Assembly that would change the existing rule that keeps them 300 feet from places primarily catering to children.Under state law, sex offenders cannot be at schools, children's museums, day cares, playgrounds or other locations intended for children...

NY- Locals rally against Steve Levy's sex offender trailers

Posted on May 21, 2009
5-21-2009 New York:Toting signs that read "Share the Burden" and "Protect our Children," some 45 locals gathered at the Riverside traffic circle Friday to protest the county policy of housing homeless sex offenders in trailers in Riverside and Westhampton...

WV- Two men indicted on incest charges in W.Va.

Posted on May 21, 2009
The only thing important in this article is, the gentleman who was indicted for "... using a false user name on an e-mail site." While we don't know what the e-mail site was for which MAY make a difference, we do know this: The U.S. Supreme court has ruled a person is well within his rights to be on the Internet and reamin anonymous...

AK- Lottery assault leads to 3-year sentence

Posted on May 20, 2009
5-20-2009 Alaska:The man accused of attacking the winner of Alaska's biggest lottery with a metal pipe or rod pleaded guilty this week to a reduced charge of second-degree assault, a prosecutor said. Brandon Hughes, a 20-year-old from the Los Angeles area, was sentenced to three years in prison under a plea bargain, said prosecutor Clint Campion...

MA- Sex Offender Registry Board Workers Questioned Over Facebook Use

Posted on May 20, 2009
These workers (article shows plural) should be fired and replaced by folks who are professionals and take their jobs seriously!5-20-2009 Massachusetts:Team 5 Investigates Uncovers BiasBOSTON -- For Tyson Lynch, Facebook is as much about social networking as it is a way to tell friends about his confidential state job deciding who is a threat to you and your children...

Bill in Congress - HR 2462

Posted on May 20, 2009
4-20-2009 National:`Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act'.Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3]Introduced 5/18/2009 Bill HR 2462The STATED intent of the bill is: To eliminate the backlog in performing DNA analyses of DNA samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, and for other purposes...

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